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Master of ArchitectureMay 2011 - September 2008Merit Scholar

University of Pennsylvania

School of DesignPhiladelphia, PA, USA

4528 Walnut Street Apt.D31 • Philadelphia, PA19139267-266-2863

ChiaWei.V.Liao@gmail.com

Bachelor of Science in Electrical EngineeringJune 2007 - September 2003

National Chiao Tung UniversityHsinchu, Taiwan

Mandarin English Fluent FluentNative Japanese

Adobe Photoshop Adobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAdobe PremiereAdobe Flash

Rhinoceros

Grasshopper

Autodesk AutoCADAutodesk 3ds MAX StudioAutodesk RevitAutodesk Maya

Maxwell Renderer

Vray RendererMental Ray Renderer

E. Lewis Dales

Traveling FellowshipUniversity of Pennsylvania

School of Design

AIA West Jersey

Student Design CompetitionAIA West Jersey Section

Second PlaceMarch 2011

2011 eVolo

Skyscraper CompetitioneVolo Magazine

Minifie van Schaik Architects

Shanghai OfficeShanghai, China

Architectural DesignerAugust 2011 – October 2011- Communicated with clients and consultants.- Produced digital models, diagrams , renderings and architecture drawings.- Offered computer software (Scripting, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper) trainings.

- Worked on construction development completion phase for a large scale casino complex project.- Aided in building code review submission to Department of Community Affairs.- Worked on schematic design and design development phase for hotel renovation and addition projects.- Met and worked with structure consultants and MEP consultants

Axis Mundi Design StudioNew York City, NY, USA

Bower Lewis Thrower ArchitectsPhiladelphia, PA, USA

Architectural InternNovember 2011 – Present

Architectural InternJune 2010 – August 2010 - Produced computer renderings as an in-house renderer.- Aided in conceptual stages to production of a competition.- Produced digital models, diagrams and architecture drawings.

FinalistFebruary 2011

Award WinnerJanuary 2010

Green, Urban, Global: Philadelphia Center of Architecture

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Architecture and Design

by Philadelphia's

Design SchoolsFebruary 7 - March 3, 2011

Tokyo Design Week: Meiji Jingu Gaien

Tokyo, Japan

Architecture :

University of Pennsylvania

School of DesignNovember 1st - 6th, 2011

SketchUp

DezeenUK

Conceptual extension to

Whitney Museum of American Art

by Axis MundiDecember, 2011

ArchitizerUSA

Top Projects 2010:

Whitney Museum of American Art

by Axis MundiDecember, 2010

PennDesign Work 10 -11 USA

ARCH 701 Rahim Studio: Urban SwirlAugust, 2011

ConceptKorea

Cathedral FoldVol. 149, pp 86 - 89, 2011

BeyondHong Kong

Whiteny Museum DowntownVol. 005, pp 48 - 53, 2011

B-1 MagazineThailand

Cathedral FoldVol. 4, Issue 45, pp 44 - 45, 2011

SalonRussia

Whiteny Museum Downtown in Contextpp 154 - 157, 2010

eVolo Limited EditionUSA August, 2011

Urban Swirl

The existing museum is a 1960s concrete building by Marcel Breuer and Axis Mundi claim the extension’s ex-posed concrete frame would be a continuation of Breuer’s brutalist aesthetic. The extension would have an irregular fl oor plan confi gured around sight lines that look towards landmarks such as the Empire State Building. A desire for column-free galleries led the architects to create a perimeter superstructure to contain the staircas-es, escalators, elevators, and mechancal rooms. this struc-tural lattice allows the galleries to fl oat freely, suspended like bridges, unimpeded by a typical grid structure. the lattice allows light to fl ood the building in unexpected and dramatic ways, heightening the visitor’s perception of the artwork and the city.

Design director: John Beckmann / Design team: Andy Van, Dennis Pereira / Rendering: Chia Wei Liao

Whitney Museum DowntownConceptual Extension Project with Axis Mundi

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MINERAL WOOL INSULATION+ VAPOUR RETARDER

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ROOF DETAIL

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EDU-PLAYGROUND2011 Cleveland Design CompetitionDesign Team: Chiawei Liao, Ben Lee

The new proposal for the Cleveland International School is a rethink of how the learning environment can be designed to engage and stimulate students throughout their education through their surroundings. By dissolving the walls between spaces and from interior to exterior, we allow students from different classes and years to come together and work together, which refl ects the collaborative philsophy of the school. The openness of the school allows the students to explore and engage their surounding environ-ment, which increases their learning potential, awareness and concentration, as well as encouraging physical activity. In addition, this openness allows the school to expand and adapt to program changes quickly in response to different needs.

Open School + Landscape Roof = Edu-Playground

The school is designed as a large contiguous space without walls, to mirror the school’s philosophy of an open learning environment. This allows students to wander freely and engage the environment as part of their learning experience, as well as promoting interac-tion between different groups of students. The open circulation also allows movement between the school and the landscape roof above, through stairs and slides into the courtyards and the front yard.

The new Cleveland International School becomes a green anchor on CSU’s masterplan, connecting to its fi elds, buildings and corridors to encourage exchanges and us-age between the 2 institutions and the wider city.

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Traditional classrooms are fi xed in size, program, and limited in connection to the outside.

Learning Centers are fully customizable, allowing for a variety of confi gurations based on the number of students and the activity, as well as control on the openness of the space.

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Located at 13 street and Drury Street, a vibrant neighborhood in downtwon Phila-delphia, Philadelphia Coner Storefront is a 4-story building with two basement fl oors designed to serve a mix use purpose. With a long rectangular site like a typical Philadelphia townhouse, fi rst and second fl oor is designed for a small cafe, with din-ing area in the front and service area in the back. Optional basement spaces can serve as additional seating area or storage space. Third and forth fl oor have large bay win-dows and skylight which make it a suitable space for design studios or galleries.

plastic flashing

2" insulation

concrete curb to cap layers

8" layer top soil for heavy plants

1/2" layer of sandlayer of gravel

geotextile layerprotective layer

waterproof membranebituminous vapor barrierbreather layerlightweight sand screeddrain

8" reinforced concrete slab

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SPRAY ON WATERPROFFING

STEPPED FLASHING AND WEEPHOLE

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SPRAY ON WATERPROFFING

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Philadelphia

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LOADING AREA

The folded church is an conceptual proposal for an Christrinality church located at a historical public square. Inspired by folded paper, seven folds stand on a tradi-tional imprinted mideavel cathedral footprint. A ramp slowly sinks down into the ground and guides people into the sublime space. Inspired by natural geography of basalt columns, the altar creates a city of god and also a solemn space for people to worship and pray.

Conceptual Project with Axis Mundi

Design director: John Beckmann / Design team: Chia Wei Liao, Masaru Ogasawara / Rendering: Chia Wei Liao

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Instead of traditional categorized program organization, we propose a new concept of “Program Intensity”. The “Program Intensity” that we defi ne in this project refer the intensity of the program activities. The new concept creates swirling programs and tie up the program with the overall site organization.Starting from the edge of the site, the program intensity gets stronger as the program swirls into the buildings. The program intensity change in accordance to the rotation speed as it speeds up or slows down.

Swirling Programs

In a metropolitan context like Tokyo ,Urban Swirl seek to provide various experience through space in dif-ferent architectural form, and yet different forms are synchronize in a larger scale to complete the ‘whole’. Urban Swirl examine the opportunity to connect the vertical with the horizontal space by building connec-tions in between towers, as well as building connection between the towers and the site plane. In such way, it allows the building complex to be more connected with the rest of the city. In this project, we offer a design of a ‘cluster’ of buildings which compose of three major towers and the con-nections between them. On a site size of 360,000 square feet, it serves multiple programs including cultural, recreational, business and residential. The complex itself is in fact a ‘mini city’.

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Street View

Metro Station

Building Connection

Grand Entrance

Public Plaza

Outdoor Theather

Metro Station

Retail Space Road Metro Station

Urban Swirl

Nested Urban Formations

The connections between the buildings and the site serve as a buffer between the towers and the cities. It provides a smooth transition from vertical space in the tower to the horizontal space on the site. It creates a new multi-layered experience of city life. In such a vast building complex, monolithic experience should be avoided. In particular part of the building complex, different formal language is applied to accommodate program needs. Urban Swirl seek to provide various experience through space through different architectural form, and yet different forms are synchronize in a larger scale to complete the ‘whole’. The part to whole relationship is a major emphasize in this project.

Metro HatConnection BridgeGrand Stairs

The bottom of the building is more ‘loosen’ and space is opened up to accommodate public pro-grams.

More vigorous rotation, partitions are built along with the space. Individual rooms are created.

At the top, the smallest diameter of the building becomes an observatory to view out the city.

Space starts to tighten up, public space shrinks, level of fl oors become more distinguished

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Kinetic Lamp is a lamp designed with dynamic surface to create fl uid lighting effect. Powered by electric motor, the lamp can create fl uid lighting effect like water by undulat-ing the countour of the surface. We designed the machanic system and also the circuit specifi clly for this project. We also explored the surface expression which can be aplied to the surface.

Kinetic Lamp Engineer: Sam Pan